Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 193

STS-82

Discovery (22)

USA

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  11.02.1997
Launch time:  08:55 UT
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-A
Altitude:  579 km
Inclination:  28,45°
Landing date:  21.02.1997
Landing time:  08:32 UT
Landing site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)

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STS-82 crew

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USA  Bowersox  Kenneth Dwane "Sox"  CDR 4 9d 23h 37m  149 
2 USA  Horowitz  Scott Jay "Doc"  PLT 2 9d 23h 37m  149 
3 USA  Tanner  Joseph Richard  MSP 2 9d 23h 37m  149 
4 USA  Hawley  Steven Alan  MSP 4 9d 23h 37m  149 
5 USA  Harbaugh  Gregory Jordan  MSP 4 9d 23h 37m  149 
6 USA  Lee  Mark Charles  MSP 4 9d 23h 37m  149 
7 USA  Smith  Steven Lee  MSP 2 9d 23h 37m  149 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Bowersox
2  Horowitz
3  Tanner
4  Hawley
5  Harbaugh
6  Lee
7  Smith
Space Shuttle cockpit
Landing
1  Bowersox
2  Horowitz
3  Harbaugh
4  Hawley
5  Tanner
6  Lee
7  Smith

Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Cape Canaveral (KSC).

Second Hubble-Servicing-Mission; satellite was captured with the RMS; several EVAs to upgrade the scientific capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).

First EVA by Smith and Lee on 14.02.1997 (6h 42m), replaced the Goddard High Resolution Spectograph (GHRS) by the Space Telescope Imaging Spectograph (STIS) and the Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) by the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS).

Second EVA by Tanner and Harbaugh on 15.02.1997 (7h 27m) in which the Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) and one Engineering / Science Tape Recorder (ESTR) were exchanged and the Optical Control Eletronics Enhancement Kit was installed.

In a third EVA on 16.02.1997 (7h 11m) astronauts Smith and Lee exchanged one Data Interface Unit (DIU) and replaced a second ESTR by a Solid State Recorder (SSR); at last they removed an older Reaction Wheel Assembly (RWA) and installed a new one.

Fourth and final planned EVA by Tanner and Harbaugh on 17.02.1997 (6h 34m); they exchanged one of the Solar Array Drive Electronics (SADE) and installed some covers on the magnometers; after that they started to repair the thermal isolation on the HST - this was not planned, but the isolation was rather damaged.

In a final not planned EVA on 18.02.1997 (5h 17m) astronauts Smith and Lee completed repairing work on the isolation; after the successful work the Hubble Space Telescope was again deployed and worked fine.

Photos / Drawings

Space Shuttle Hubble Space Telescope
STS-82 rollout STS-82 launch
Hubble EVA Harbaugh
EVA lee traditional in-flight photo STS-82
STS-82 landing  

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